In spite of the shocking amount of nonsense information I keep in my head – the chord sequence to Roxy Music’s More than This, a good deal of the poetry in Alice in Wonderland, many, many one liners from The Simpsons, and a warehouse of shoe boxes stuffed with mental images from my travels – …
I’m a sucker for an exotic cookbook. Our stunning variety of ethnic grocery stores means that here in Seattle, we are able to fearlessly ferret out the bizarre and nonstandard ingredients. And our diverse community means that even the local Safeway has quite an impressive selection of ethnic foods. A good thing, diversity is. I’m …
Leeks are a tricky vegetable. I do like them but I’m not always sure what to do with them. I had them oven roasted at my friend’s place in Tuscany – that was damn fine – and in vichyssoises (leek and potato soup) but I rarely cook them at home. We received a bundle of …
My fondness for far away places means that my comfort foods are a bizarre smorgasbord of Indian and Asian style curries, European baked goods, taco truck carbohydrates, and mundane supermarket standards like Crackin’ Oat Bran (the crack cocaine of cereals), mac and cheese, and Snyder’s pretzels. Mr NEV, bless him, has come to embrace the …
Weather on the Washington Coast is unpredictable year round. You can leave the blazing heat of inland to find nothing but cold wet fog draping the trees and dampening your enthusiasm for the outdoors. This weekend the coast opted for best behavior with sunny days in the 60s, a clear blue sky, and mild nights. …
Seems like it’s been a while since we’ve had Fish Wednesday at home. Bogged down in both a stressful day job and the desire to be a better educated eater, Fish Wednesday has been shelved, migrated, folded, spindled, and mutilated. But not this week! This week, I reclaimed Fish Wednesday in my Seattle kitchen. Shopping …